Tag: madeleines

The sarlacc cake! This is the cake that set me on a run of geek-themed bundt cakes. If you’ve watched the original Star Wars trilogy, you may recognize this monster as one who almost made a snack out of the Millennium Falcon. The recipes and construction come by way of Yummy Crumble. She took inspiration from other recipes and those are all cited in her original post. She also has a plethora of monster and creepy themed desserts that look like a blast to make and eat. This sarlacc cake is easier to construct than you’d expect and there are some work around if a part doesn’t work out. I had two failed attempts at making the madeleines (both human error, not recipe error) and ran out to purchase a small pack at my local Starbucks.
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Caramel Bundt Cake

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and baking soda.

With an electric mixer and paddle attachment, beat the softened butter with both sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time until each is well mixed. Make sure to scrape the sides of the bowl. Add vanilla and mix some more.

On low, add the flour mixture alternating between the dry ingredients and the buttermilk. Start and end with the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined.

Pour into the bundt pan and bake for 35-45 mins or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean (mine went for 40 mins). Cool in the pan for 20 mins before transferring to a cooling rack.

Lightly grease and flour madeleine pan. Place parchment on a regular baking sheet.

In a food processor, blend a package of Biscoff cookies into crumbs. Keep a 1/2 cup ready and put the rest aside.

Beat eggs and sugar together until thick. Beat in vanilla.

Sift flour, cookie crumbs, cinnamon, and baking powder into the bowl. Fold together until mixed.

Stream in melted butter while mixing on low. Spoon a Tbsp of batter into each cavity on the madeleine sheet. Bake for 12-14 mins or until lightly golden brown. Be careful not to over-bake. Allow to cool for a few mins before removing from sheet. Make sure the pan has cooled before making the next batch.

For the tentacles, place a small amount of batter into a baggie or piping bag. Pipe a thin line of batter onto the parchment paper. The batter spreads while baking. Bake at 375F until golden brown (just a few mins).

*My first batch didn’t work out because I got distracted and threw my cookie sheet and tentacles in at the same time and never checked on them. The entire batch burned black. During my second attempt, I ran into an issue with my flour and had to wait for a new bag. Once it showed up, I forgot to add the flour to my dry ingredients. Then entire batch spread as far as it could go while baking. I was able to salvage two crunchy pieces for the tentacles for my cake. I went and bought some madeleines to finish the cake.

Using the raw almonds, create the teeth on the interior wall of the pit (the inside of the cake).

Fill the pit with frosting and cover the frosting with cookie crumbs. This will cover many of the almonds.

Using a small piping tip (no. 4), create teeth by piping small drops around the outside edge of the madeleine cookies. (I did two rows of teeth for fun). Place the two madeleine cookies inside the pit, pushing them slightly into the frosting so that they stand. Place the tentacles around the madeleine beak.